Author: Steven Dickens

Futurum Research senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the financial impact that the launch of IBM z16, a new mainframe, will have on the wider IBM. IBM is a different company from when the last mainframe was launched, and the new system has the opportunity to further drive the company’s growth trajectory in the coming quarters.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Barbara Ballard, Senior Product Manager, and Michael Mackes, Senior Systems Engineer, from Micro Focus during the SHARE Conference in Dallas. Their conversation centers around their roles on the host access team, how Micro Focus's products facilitate all the connections to the zOS, and how terminal emulation can fit in the landscape and securely protect those connections.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Frank DeMarco, VP, Development at Kyndryl about the company's recent launch, their partnerships with hyperscalers, and the extensive apprenticeship and training program that keeps their 8,300 member delivery team skilled and trained.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Richard Baird, Chief Technology Officer at Kyndryl. Their conversation focuses on Richard's role as CTO, how the company helps clients modernize their mainframe environment, and the hyperscaler trends they're seeing.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens is joined by Eddy Ciliendo, VP of Strategy and Technology at Model9 to talk about what the company is doing to give the power of the cloud to the mainframe and bring those two worlds together for their clients.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Michael Daubman, Director of Product Management, Broadcom Mainframe Software at Broadcom, about the company's MRI software and how it gives clients a look at the health of their system.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens is joined by April Hickel, VP of Strategy for BMC. Their conversation centers on her role with BMC, the results of their latest client survey, and the company's focus on three major themes: Security, application development, and how to increase the speed and quality of software that connects to or touches the mainframe.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Mark Wilson, Director, Consulting Services for BMC about Mark's role in the company, what they're seeing from a mainframe security point of view, and how they're meeting the evolving needs of their customers.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Rebecca Levesque, CEO of 21st Century Software, and Gonzalo Muelas Serrano, the company's VP of Research and Development for VSEn, during the SHARE Conference in Dallas.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Iconium Software's Founder and CEO Rick Jones and President Mike Zinda during the SHARE Conference in Dallas.
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the recent announcements from Red Hat. As the Kubernetes landscape becomes ever more competitive, Red Hat strengthens its partnership with industry leader NVIDIA to reduce the barriers to adoption of AI and ML workloads. Dickens also covers Red Hat’s announcements of core updates to OpenShift 4.10.
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